10 Actors Who Were Totally Miscast In Recent Movies

The moment that Chris Pratt was announced to be voicing Garfield in The Garfield Movie, many fans cried "miscast!," feeling that Pratt didn't seem remotely well-suited to play the lazy, lethargic, lasagna-loving cat.

Rather, it seemed like Pratt was cast purely because he's a household name with proven success in animated fare like The Lego Movie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

And ultimately, few were left persuaded by the end product, which indeed saw Pratt deliver a spirited, effervescent portrayal of Garfield which felt rather at odds with who the character traditionally is.

The prior "live-action" Garfield movies weren't good by any means, but at least they nailed the casting part, by bringing in the relentlessly sardonic Bill Murray to do the character justice.

Pratt is perfect to voice many characters, but one whose entire essence is his flattened expressiveness and generally dour demeanour? Not a chance.

This was a miscast in the most cynical way possible, hiring a marketable A-lister to do a job that would've probably been better served by a character actor.